The Browns used the 22^nd overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft on Brandon Weeden, but it was incumbent starter Colt McCoy getting all the 1^st team snaps when OTAs opened for the Browns today. I wouldn’t read much into this at all. The inexperienced Oniel Cousins opened as the 1^st string right tackle over 2^nd round pick Mitchell Schwartz as well. Some teams just make rookies earn their starting job and the Browns appear to be one of them.

Both Weeden and Schwartz will start week 1, as will Trent Richardson. Travis Benjamin and John Hughes will also compete for starting jobs as rookies. This is more an indictment on their 2011 talent, rather than a positive for their 2012 draft class. Weeden is 29 this season and will need to make an impact right away as a rookie. Colt McCoy has been shopped about some this offseason, but if they can’t find a taker through a trade, it appears the Browns will keep both him and Seneca Wallace as backups, rather than cutting one or the other.

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